Ooka Echizen

Name: Ooka Echizen
Released: 2013-03-30
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Masanobu Katsumura, Yoshimasa Kondo, Choei Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara

7.5First aired 2013-03-30Last aired 2024-08-11Status: Returning Series

Seasons: 8
Episodes: 60
Networks: NHK BS Premium

Overview

The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms that Yoshimune advanced. Yoshimune goes beyond status and the position he has been thrust in, to join with Edo magistrate Ooka Tadasuke and the Western medicine doctor Sakakibara Iori in order to promote the creation of a world for the common people of Edo. These three men deepen exchanges with the magistrate’s office and the townsfolk, uphold justice and struggle to keep order in Edo…